The large plaque wrapped in red cloth was carried up by the squires with great fanfare.
"Please ask Mr. Li Shao, Deputy Zhang Shao, and Deputy Zhao Shao to unveil the plaque!"
Li Baoquan, Zhao Xiaolou and others all dressed up in a grand and formal manner. Their armors were wiped clean and they also put on burqas. Today is the day when Cuizhuang Township, Nanzhao County, Nanyang Prefecture was officially established.
When the red cloth was unveiled, the township office was officially established, and the Ming Dynasty also officially restored and established the first Yamen in Nanyang.
Li Baoquan's sentry troops came out of the border and successfully reported to Daguanling that Guo Baoqing had dispersed the village and returned to farming. On the same day, Guo Baoqing sent people to invite the leaders of seven or eight nearby villages that were allied with each other. These villages were all villages built by the squires. Everyone
After coming over to have a meal, listen to the imperial decree, and inquire about the imperial policy, they all expressed their willingness to disperse the village in accordance with the decree.
In the next few days, they, the sentinels, visited each village one by one. The squires and clan-type villages were very cooperative in following the order to disperse the villages. Only a few thieves-type villages were unwilling to obey the order, and Li Baoquan did not.
You're welcome, Fran's machine and tiger crouching cannons took the lead, and heavy nine-headed shotguns blocked the attack. Then the shotguns were released in turn, and then they used shields in front. They took the village with almost no casualties.
Although these villages have a good reputation, they are vulnerable to a real attack by the imperial camp and have poor fighting will. As soon as the guns and cannons are fired, many of them immediately run away. When the gate of the village is broken, the birds and beasts disperse immediately.
, the village leaders took the lead in escaping.
After breaking down a few strongholds, beheading a few famous heroes in Nanyang, and then taking their heads to recruit other bandits, where the refugees gathered in the strongholds, and with Guo Baoqing and others coming forward to surrender, things would be much easier to handle.
Every village heard the news and flocked to it.
Cuizhuang Township is in the north of Nanzhao County and the north of Nanyang Basin. It is located on the north edge of Funiuling. It was also the northern border of Chu State in ancient times. There are several important passages to Shaanxi and Luo in its territory, as well as continuous mountains. The ancient Chu Great Wall is located
Passing here, many defensive facilities and fortifications have been built.
After two thousand years, there are still many walls, walls, etc. from various dynasties and generations.
Since Chongzhen, there has been great chaos in the Central Plains. Most of the local gentry, refugees and even bandits here have entered the mountains, occupying these dangerous fortresses and mountain villages. They have renovated and defended them while reclaiming wasteland and grazing in the surrounding areas, struggling to survive.
When the first town imperial camp arrived, although only a few troops arrived, the Shaotian Emperor's capital was already at Luyang Pass. Everyone saw the good military discipline of the Ming army's imperial camp and the emperor's decree, and they all accepted the invitation one after another.
Dozens of large and small villages were dispersed and returned to farming. Local famous village owners, gentry, and clan leaders gathered in Cuizhuang.
This village was built by the Cui family on the plain at the confluence of the Gulu River, Yellow Ya River, and Lion River. It also experienced various threats in the late Ming Dynasty, but it still stood tall and strong.
, there are even moats, suspension bridges, etc.
Today, this is the seat of the newly established township office of Cuizhuang Township, and the Cuizhuang Township League Training Team was officially established here.
The post deputy Zhang Qilun temporarily acts as the mayor of Cuizhuang Township, Guo Baoqing temporarily acts as the deputy township head, the post deputy Zhao Xiaolou temporarily takes the position of Cuizhuang regiment training camp officer, Yue Gui of Yuejiazhai temporarily takes the position of Cuizhuang regiment training camp deputy, and Chengjiazhai
Cheng Sheng was temporarily appointed as Cuizhuang inspector.
After Yue Gui called himself Yue Wumu, he said he was a descendant of Yue Ting, the fifth son of Yue Fei. They moved from Yue Village in Lushan County in the early years and have been passed down here for several generations.
Previously, there were two villages including Yuejiazhuang Beizhai and Nanzhai. They had many people, strong strength and good reputation.
Cheng Sheng’s ancestor is also remarkable. After Cheng Yaojin, the hussar general of the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Na, the second Neo-Confucian scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty, was also an ancestor of his family. Cheng Sheng’s ancestor moved here from Yinchuan, Nanyang, flourished and became a wealthy local family.
In addition, the Cui family in Cuizhuang is said to be a descendant of the Cui family in Qinghe during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. They moved here from the north to the south in the early Ming Dynasty and have been here for eleven generations. They are also numerous and famous.
In addition, Kongjiazhuang, Mengjiazhuang, Yanjiazhuang, etc. are all said to be descendants of sages such as Confucius, Mencius, and Yan Hui. Other more famous and powerful families are the He family, the Li family, the Wei family, etc. The He family claims to be the ancestor.
It was He Zhizhang. During the Ming Dynasty, He Zijing became famous in both the government and the public. The emperor granted him the title of Heavenly Official, a general councilor, and the title of Mang robe and jade belt. A group of his descendants moved here from Zhenjiang and multiplied for several generations.
These famous families still have a lot of foundation. During the Chongzhen period, they basically survived and built fortresses in the mountains. Although they suffered a big blow, the foundation is still there.
Now that Emperor Shaotian has recovered, they quickly welcome the king's master.
The newly established Cuizhuang Township also appointed these powerful gentry as township officials and chiefs of security guards. The newly established regiment training was basically composed of capable servants selected from their original villages, and these people were still assigned the leadership.
For the Shao Tian Dynasty, in order to quickly restore local order, in addition to marching to recruit security, raiding, clearing out, and quickly dispatching officials, they also had to make use of the reputation and connections of these local gentry, powerful and wealthy people.
As long as they cooperate, the imperial court is willing to maintain their reputation and status in the local area and even guarantee their industry.
"Our Nanzhao County is located at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain and the northern edge of Nanyang Basin. It borders Fangcheng to the east, Neixiang to the west, Lushan Mountain to the north, and Nanyang to the south. It is known as the chokehold of Ruluo to the north and Jingxiang to the south.
It’s just that we have many mountains but little land. Especially in Cuizhuang, we only have more than 50,000 acres of cultivated land, more than 60,000 acres of usable grassland, and more than 400,000 acres of usable forest land. In the past, when there was peace, there were more than 20,000 acres of wheat fields.
There are more than 10,000 acres of rice fields, and the rest are planted with millet, soybeans, etc. In recent years, affected by wars and other conflicts, people have fled. The remaining people have fled into the mountains and built villages to protect themselves. They can only grow potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes in the mountains.
Lord, I don’t have enough to eat and I’m in great distress.”
"It's great now that the imperial court is here. We can finally return to our hometown."
Everyone was very excited when they said this, and they were happy from the bottom of their hearts. Some gentry had been forced to leave their homes for more than ten years. The villages where they had lived for generations had been destroyed. The ruins were in ruins, weeds were everywhere, the fields were barren, and mulberry trees had grown.
A big tree.
The fields that each family has accumulated and managed for generations can only be left there uncultivated. There is no land for planting, but they have to clear up wasteland in the mountains to plant corn, etc., and they still cannot fill their stomachs.
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Now that the imperial court has been restored and all kinds of benevolent policies are being implemented, they are really happy.
Even if Li Baoquan and others read out the imperial edict, including cleaning up the land and reducing rents and interest rates, they didn't care. What they most urgently need now is to restore the original order.
To be able to return to the village where we have lived for generations, to take back our own fields, and to be able to continue to live a decent and safe life, instead of being forced to live such a difficult and precarious life in the mountains, or even being coerced and blackmailed by others.
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"Cuizhuang is restored and a new life begins. Zhao Xiaolou sends the order to fire a gun in celebration!"
In front of the township office, groups of fully armed musketeers stood solemnly. Under orders, they loaded their ammunition in a uniform manner and then fired into the sky.
Row after row, the ominous sound of swords and swords made the gentry and common people present feel very at ease, and became familiar with strangers.
"We are now distributing relief food and salt."
Zhang Qilun said with a smile.
The township organized a group exercise to transport a batch of salt and grain supplies back from Luyang Pass, and they are now piled in front of the township office. This is a guarantee of public support.
Guo Baoqing took the lead in saying some words of thanks to the court and the emperor, and led everyone to kneel down in the direction of Luyang Pass and shout long live, and then began to release grain.
Relief and distribution of food were given on a per-capita basis, with one bucket of food per person.
As long as you register your name and other information at the township office, and then press your fingerprint, you can receive the food. Of course, this is relief food and not for white-collar workers. After receiving it, you will be temporarily recruited by the court for ten days to do some recovery work within your ability.
Work, such as building roads, clearing abandoned fields, building houses, etc.
Each person can also receive a portion of salt.
Next to the township office, a grain store was opened, with limited purchases based on status and household registration. The price was not particularly high, one or two and one stone of rice, but one person could buy at most one bushel of rice in ten days.
The people who were selected to join the regiment also began to take on tasks such as standing guard, patrolling, transporting food, distributing food, etc., but they had an extra portion of food, two liters of food a day, and no salary.
But the treatment of two liters of food a day makes many people envious.
Township offices and Baogong offices were established in sequence to recruit scribes, etc. Then Baojia was established, and each village also organized communes, large communes, and small communes.
Clear fields, measure land, and register household registration.
Who in each village has not returned from an outing, who has been surrendered to the captives, or is still with the Tartars, whose family is desperate, etc., must be registered and reported one by one.
Li Baoquan, Zhao Xiaolou and others stayed in Cuizhuang Township and were responsible for training regiments, organizing armor, patrolling roads, and clearing mountains. They were also very busy.
However, the effect was not bad. Seeing the villages dispersed one after another, the people returned to the villages one after another. The smoke from the abandoned villages began to rise again. The people began to repair the houses and cut the weeds in the abandoned fields.
In Cuizhuang Township, a new village primary school was even built. A group of children walked into the school, and the sound of reading began to be heard.
Markets began to appear in Cuizhuang Township, and many shops were opened on the cross street. The road from Cuizhuang to Luyang is now even more crowded with cars and horses, and there are abundant supplies of goods.
Keep coming.
The sentry troops of the imperial camp, plus two hundred auxiliary soldiers, are now stationed in three platoons, leading the regiment to train and patrol. The bed bugle is sounded early every morning, and then they go out for training. The neat and neat
The murderous drills made the people feel very safe.
Even in front of their camp, there would always be many young men and women surrounding them. The young men also wanted to enter the imperial camp, while the older girls wanted to choose a forbidden soldier to marry.
"Sergeant, this is a good opportunity. Deputy Township Head Guo, Yue Ying, and Inspector Cheng also told me about this matter several times, saying that they know that our imperial camp has a tradition of marrying wives for soldiers, and the villagers also
We love our Yuying, and many families are willing to marry their girls to our Yuying. You see, there are still many brothers in our Yuying who have not married wives. Waiting for the arrangements from above, it is not as good as my own. Now that the opportunity is so good, I think it is okay.
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Li Baoquan looked at Zhao Xiaolou, "You haven't married yet and you can't wait any longer, right?"
"Sergeant, the brothers are also looking forward to it."
Li Baoquan chuckled, "That's true. I think we can hold a meeting with Deputy Township Chief Guo and the others to discuss it. As long as local people are willing to marry girls, we can hold an official matchmaking meeting and invite willing girls.
We can all sit together and match each other as long as they look at each other, but for this gift, Deputy Zhang Shao must apply to the higher authorities."
"What kind of gift do you need? Now those girls outside are eager to marry us and live a good life. What kind of gift do you need?"
"Ping Li must still be given."
"Mr. Shao, what I mean is that brothers are actually getting quite generous salaries now. Who hasn't saved some? When the time comes, half of the money will come from the whistle, and half will be paid by you. Everyone can still pay five or ten silver dollars. Everyone wants to
Get a wife as soon as possible, there are so many young and beautiful girls out there, everyone can’t wait.”
"Okay, okay." Li Baoquan himself has a wife and children, and of course he understands the thoughts of his unmarried brothers. When he is a soldier and fighting, he hopes to marry as soon as possible, have children and start a family.
Li Baoquan called Zhang Qilun, and then went to talk to Guo Baoqing, Cheng Sheng, Yue Gui and others. They all said that this was a good thing and were willing to fully support it. They immediately issued a notice that there were unmarried girls between the ages of 15 and 20 with good facial features.
, and those who intend to marry a soldier in the imperial camp can come to the township office to sign up for the blind date event.
If the blind date is successful, five silver dollars and five stones of rice will be given to the girl's family as a gift.
As soon as the announcement came out, the whole town was shocked. Countless people came to sign up with their girls of the right age. Some even brought their daughters who were only eleven or twelve years old to sign up. Others were in their twenties, and even some young widows came to sign up.